Renton to Mount Rainier National Park
This tour skirts along the base of the Cascade Mountains passing through former coal mining and lumber towns before climbing up the Mowich River valley to the Mowich entrance to Mount Rainier National Park.
This leg of the tour has 17 waypoints and 7 side trip tours
Key Waypoints along Renton to Mount Rainier National Park
Renton
The largest and most active trading center in the vicinity of Seattle, which covers the flats formed by the Cedar... Visit
Enumclaw
Many of the first settlers were from Scandinavia. The Indian name was given by Frank Stevenson, a resident of the... Visit
Wilkeson
In the heart of what was once a rich coal-producing region, Wilkeson, has been transformed into a ghost community by... Visit
Mowich Entrance to Mount Rainier National Park
This entrance is announced by a wooden sign. The Tolmie Monument nearby commemorates the arrival here in 1833 of Dr.... Visit
Side trips along Renton to Mount Rainier National Park
Ravensdale
Take this six-mile loop through inactive and active mining country, including the small town of Ravensdale.
Flaming Geyser Park
This seven-mile trip takes you to a park with more than three miles of freshwater shoreline along the Green River featuring the methane seeps that the park is named for.
Green River Gorge
This 10-mile round trip brings you to a scenic gorge and the historic district of an old mining town.
Sumner
Drive this 26-mile round trip that brings you to some interesting features, including fish screens, ns, Power Flume, Connell Prairie Block House Monument, Sumner.
Carbonado
Drive this 2 mile loop for a tour through the remnants of a “model” mining community, which passed into virtual oblivion when the Pacific Coast Coal Company abandoned its operations here in the late 1820s.
Side trips along Renton to Mount Rainier National Park
There are no side trips along this tour leg.
This tour has 1 leg, 17 waypoints, 7 side trips, and covers 51 miles.
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